Back To The Blog

I have neglected the poor blog for far too long! Not to mention jewelry making! The kiddos are going back to school in a couple of weeks, so it's back to work for me. Look for more posts and jewelry pics.

I cleaned, reorganized and added to the workbench space last month. Hopefully this will spark more productivity and creativity. I have all sorts of cool ideas just waiting to be "brought to life". Right now I'm trying to get some new work and good pictures taken to use in a show application due this Thursday. The clock is ticking!!

"If you want to see the rainbow, you have to put up with the rain."

Teacher Gifts

I made a couple of teacher gifts last week that I'm really happy with. Here's some pics. I'll have them posted on Etsy soon. Two doctor appts. today - hope I'll get some jewelry making in!

Humming Along

Life keeps humming along here. My 2 youngest kids finished preschool last week. My oldest is done with 3rd grade on Friday. End of the school year is always hectic.

I have some ideas in mind for teacher gifts. (Which have to be done by Friday!!! EEEK!) It's always hard to come up with an original idea for teacher gifts. Do they really want another scented candle?? I think probably no!

I'll take some pics and post them in the Etsy store. Some of you whose kids get out for the summer later might be interested.

I'll Be Back Soon

Sorry I have not posted for SO LONG! I had surgery this week and jewelry has been put on the back burner. Everything went well and I hope to be productive again by the weekend. Stay tuned! All this down time has me itching to create new stuff!!!

Side note: I just finished reading a great book for my book club: The Red Tent. Has anyone else read it? What did you think?

Website Finally Updated!!

My website, www.mjanedesigns.com , is finally updated and working!! The Etsy store and new email are both in place too. Time to focus on making jewelry and taking pictures so I can post more items for sale. Look for custom pendants soon as well as more fun stuff!!

More Stamping!

Still trying to perfect stamping on silver. It's so much fun! Here's some pics of what I've been working on:

Still working on revamping the website and setting up my Etsy store. A very long story that it's much too late to tell tonight!

Thursday Already??

Wow, this week is flying by! I finally got my business bank account straightened out. Not too exciting - but a necessary evil. What happened was, that when I originally set up my accounts, the bank used my social security number instead of my federal tax payer ID. This can cause all kinds of problems down the road. So, I had to close my accounts and open new ones. Why did I put off taking care of this since December?? Once I got started it didn't take long to get everything organized. The trip to the bank was pretty quick and painless too. So cross that off the list. Finally. . .

I'm really enjoying the stamped silver jewelry I've started making. The reaction from other people has been very positive too! I ordered more silver blanks and a 2nd smaller set of number stamps. More new designs to see soon.

Also, a major redesign of the long ignored website is coming. Look for a link to Etsy to purchase jewelry and a link to the blog too!